In January this year, producer prices in French industry were up by 0.7 percent month on month and down by 2.1 percent year on year, according to the statistics released by France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). Producer prices for manufactured products in France rose by 1.1 percent in January compared to December and increased by 1.2 percent year on year.
In the given month, prices for exported manufactured products went up by 1.1 and prices of exported transport equipment increased by 2.3 percent, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in January prices of exported manufactured products went up by 1.7 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a 3.8 percent increase.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in January grew by 0.5 percent month on month and increased 0.8 percent year on year.